The tax-cut-&-spend party....

In December 2003, the right-wing Heritage Foundation released a paper stating, "Government spending exceeded $20,000 per household for the first time since World War II." Although many conservatives have not been pleased with this administration's continued reluctance to reign in federal spending, they have only themselves to blame for their own frustration. The problem lies in the belief that Bush & Co. are actually true-blue conservatives; they're not. Instead, the Bush/Rove regime are power-hungry, win-at-all-costs vote seekers. Nothing more, nothing less. Oh sure, they play to their conservative base for sure-thing votes, but you'll find them behaving in ways that are not exactly Reagan-esque. This "liberal-like" spending is one example, talking up a good game of smaller government but then spending like crazy to gain votes. Other examples include passing pro-union steel tariffs to woo the PA vote or backing a pro-choice senator (Specter) in PA over the pro-life challenger (Toomey).

To these angered conservatives I ask, "What were you thinking? Did you actually think this buffoon was one of you? Hah!" And that's what makes Bush truly scary: he does not operate with a principled plan for he truly has no bedrock principles. He offers empty talk in this regard, choosing instead to win votes anyway he can.